Greeenhead/Carson Lake Fallon, NV11/26/04 -
My scope accidentally (stupidly) got rained on so there was much on the water and fields we could not make out. Luckily for us, the 3 best species of birds flew right by us. Most that we saw were excellent looks, they just didn't care we were there.
Prairie Falcon - 1
Golden Eagle (probably) - 1
Harrier - 1
Red Tailed Hawk - 2
Kestrel - 1
LB Curlews - 4 (flyby)
Swan (sp) - 5 (flyby - pretty close)
Yellowlegs - lots, everywhere
Sandpiper SP (sm) - several too small to make out with binocs
Great Egret - 1
Great Blue Heron - 4
Pied Billed Grebes - 4
Am Coots - 6
Mallards - 4
Common Ravens - 4
RS Flickers - 2
Shrike - 2
Pipits - 2
Song Sparrow - 4
Marsh Wren - 4
Cowbird - 2
Blackbird (sp) - 12
It was the best Prarie Falcon ever. It was checking us out. It flew an entire circle close around us. Then, it landed in a nearby shrub and looked over its shoulder at us until we got our fill of him and wandered off.
It is just so weird seeing a Gr Blue Heron wandering off across the desert, even if it is by a canal.
Plus, I think I saw 2 Ravens harrassing an owl out of the trees by the Fernley overpass (on the road connecting I80 - Exit 48 with I50). It was keeping on the west side, right next to and below the edge so I only got 2 glimpes of the owl and lots of the Ravens.
Sue Anne Marshall
a.k.a. samareno "at" yahoo.com